High-level meeting on the Internet Economy: Generating Innovation and Growth (Paris, 28-29 June 2011)

The aim of this meeting is to reach a consensus on how best to ensure the continued growth and innovation of the Internet economy. It follows up on the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy held in Seoul in June 2008.

Conference on new building blocks for jobs and economic growth (Washington, DC, 16-17 May 2011)

This conference aimed to raise public awareness about the growing importance of intangibles in driving economic growth and provided a roadmap for identification of key research and policy areas that can help governments and businesses develop growth strategies.

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The Global Earthquake Model (GEM)

Initiated by the Global Science Forum, the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) opened in March 2009 in Pavia, Italy. GEM is a global collaborative effort that brings together state-of-the-art science, national, regional and international organisations and individuals aimed at the establishment of uniform and open standards for calculating and communicating earthquake risk worldwide.

OECD Global Forum on Biotechnology: Delivering Global Promise through the Life Sciences (Paris, 6-7 December 2010)

This biotechnology global forum, "Delivering Global Promise Through the Life Sciences" underlined how the latest social science research into genomics science can help inform key global economic and policy decisions.

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OECD Workshop on "Building an Efficient Bio-based Economy through Industrial Biotechnology" - St Petersburg

As a follow up to the Outlook on Industrial Biotechnology Workshop organised in January 2010, a workshop entitled “Building an Efficient Bio-Based Economy through Industrial Biotechnology” was held in St Petersburg.

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Workshop on Better Health through Bio-medicine: Innovative Governance

For many of today’s new biomedical innovations, the distinctions between different forms of medical products such as drugs, diagnostics and devices no longer apply. Biomedicine also tends to realize its potential today through process innovation, even more than product innovation.

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OECD Workshop on Green Technology and Innovation Policies

This workshop, held in Paris, sought to develop a vision and medium-term strategy for work on green research, technology and innovation.

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Discussion Panel on the Development of Strategies for Measuring and Reporting Sustainability of Bio-based Energy and Products

The main objectives of the panel were to launch the report from Montreal Workshop entitled “Towards the Development of OECD Best Practices for Assessing the Sustainability of Bio-based Products” and to communicate its main conclusions.

OECD-Norway Workshop on Performance-based Funding for Public Research in Tertiary Education Institutions

Many governments are working to develop improved methods of distributing public funds for research, in order to raise research quality and support the development of research in strategically important areas.

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Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology

The key goal of the current work is to identify further means (e.g. international guidelines, policy recommendations) to implement the 2004 OECD Science and Technology Ministers mandate on “Biotechnology for Sustainable Growth and Development” .